John Obi Mikel has admitted Jose Mourinho’s fitness decisions were detrimental to their season, but insists that Antonio Conte has fixed that problem since taking over.
Conte arrived as Mourinho’s replacement in the summer and ushered in a new wave of intense training sessions that Mikel believes will have a massive effect on the players.
Mourinho gave his players extra time off last summer and Mikel has revealed Conte has been working hard to get the Chelsea players back to the fitness levels required of a successful squad.
‘I have never run as much, in any pre-season ever, as I ran and I... read more

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